Basket truck



March 1929- w. D. VAN DE MARK ET AL 06, 67

BASKET TRUCK Filed March 1926 f? 0444 c z \7) I INVENTORS 6 WILLIAM VANDEHARK &

I2 I v BY sense: a. RAYNOND/ Patented EN i q 1 WILLIAM n. VANDE MARK AND GEORGE G. RAYMOND, Gamma, NEW Yo tkj, A

srcnons roirron mon wonxsorennnnn, New YORK.

- ABASKETTRUGK.

' Applicationfiled March 8, 192a Seria1 dNo. 9S, 145

15,1929? I .-,1 706,261w2f?- Our inventionrelates totrucks designed with eachother-being. formed from'asingle I particularly for use in warehouses, mercantile length of material and bent to theform shown establishments and other lines. of business in Figure 2.

wherein there are boxes, baskets, packages, Extending between the side arms 1-and2 of,

etc., to be transported from one place to ,an* the frame, and-spacedinwardly ashortdis- 0 j other. 7. I

Our improvedtruck is particularly adaptber orstrap 4 parallel withthe member-3. able for the movement of commercial baskets This brace member preferably .11 3 i th of the type generally used inlaundries and same plane as the member 3 and may.,bese-, in factories where articles, are transported from cured at its ends to the sidebars 1 and 2m 55" one part of the room or .building toanother. any desired mannen i A i tance from the member 3 is ,a brace 1118111. 7

and are subject to frequentloading and um Adjacent the opposite of tli'e'fraine l i A member but spaced inward-1y therefrom a 7 loading. j

The principal object of our invention is .to substantial distance, 'aretwo spaced parallel provide a small portable truck which is so brace members 5 and (isecuredat theiroppo .70 l

constructed as to greatly facilitatethe loadsite ends to the sidebars 1jan d 2 and lyingin. ing and unloading of the baskets, boxes or the sameplane with thebracemember 4. L Packages to be transported. The uneinbers 4, 5i and 6 in addition to One important object lies in the provision reinforcing the framework of the truck, proof a truck having its rollers or wheelsso povide convenient means for supporting the sitioned with respect to the platform that the casters or wheelsby which the truck is rentruck may be tilted seats to place one end in dered mobile. To this end asupporting plate close proximityto the floor or ground where- 7 is bolted or riveted'or otherwise secured, as

by a basket may he slid into position on the at 8, at one end to the end frame member 3'and truck thereby obviating the necessity of liftat the opposite end to the brace member 4 and 0 i th preferably positioned centrally of these two Another lies in the provision of an antimembers. A caster 9 0f conventional swivel friction roller placed at the extreme end of type is carried by this plate 7 whereby the the truck platform to facilitate the sliding movements of the truck'may 'be guided.' of the basket or boxes from the floor on to the Adjacent the; ends 'of the brace members 5 5' platform of the truck. and 6, but l'yingwithin the sides 1 and 2 of 1 Another ob ect is to prov de a secondantithe'frame, are plates 10 and ll'similar'to the o friction roller projecting slightly above the plate? Casters 12 and 13, preferably of the surface of the platform and between the ends non-swivel types, are mounted respectively thereof to further facilitate the placing of" upon the plates 10 "and 11. y the basket upon the truck. A platform 14: of sheet metal or other-suit- Another object is to provide a truck of the able material may be placed upon the framecharacterdescribed-which is simply construetwork for supportin the load to be carried. ed, easy to manufacture, sturdy in design, This platform may e secured in position in 40 and which may be manipulated to load and ,any suitable manner as by screws or rivets unload the articles to be transported with the 14, and will of course be dependent for its greatest ease. support upon the particular construction of Referring now to the accompanying drawthe frame members 1, 2 and 3. As clearly ing wherein like reference numerals indicate shown in Figure 2, the channel iron frame like parts: members receive this securing means through Figure 1 is a side view of the truck. I I the upper flat surface of the member.- Figure 2 is a bottom plan View thereof. The extreme ends of the frame members 1,

Figure 3 illustrates clearly the use and opand 2 opposite the end 3, support the pintles eration of the truckin placing a load thereon. 14 and 15 of an antifriction roller 16 so placed A frame is provided comprising two parthat the upper periphery of this roller lies in 105 allel side arms 1 and 2 connected at one end .a plane slightly above theplane of the-plat- I by the transverse member 3. These frame form 14. The ends of the side bars 1 and 2 members may be of any suitable material such adjacent the, antifriction roller 16 are 'bevas strip or channel iron or steel and if deelled as at 17 to permit this end ofthe truck sired the pieces 1, 2 and 3 may be integral when tilted downwardly to bring the roller no I I 16 into close, proximity with the flofor but Without touching the same.

Spaced inwardly from the roller 16 an lying adjacent the supporting :cross'piece 5 is anotherantifriction' roller 18 having its pintles 19 and 20 rotatablysupported in the sides 1 andQ. The periphery of this anti: friction roller also lies in a plane above that of the platform 14. From the for going de' l scription, it will be obvious that When the truck is tilted in the manner shown in Figure 3, a basket 21 or other box or pacl'ta'ge' to be carried on the truck may be easily pulled uponthe platform with a minimum of effort due to the an'tifriction rollers 16 and 18'Wliich greatly facilitate the sliding of the bas'l'ie't truck to be readily tilted to the positionj'shovvn in Figure 3 for loading or, unloading and.

with a proper positioning of these casters the truck may be balanced to permit a maximum ease of ha'ndlingi F It will be obvious from the foregoing that QL1I,1111PI0V6(1 truck is" adaptable tomany and varied uses Qthertlian those herein men tioned and that changes iii details of construction and relation of parts may be made Without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. We do not-limit ourselves therefore to the exact form herein shown and described other than by theappended claim.

e claim A truck compr s ng a horizontal frameportionincludlng tWo slde members two Wheels at tliefro'nt end and spaced rearivardly irom said end, a caster Wheel at the rear of the frame, said framebeing bevelledon its lower sides atthe frontend, platform sections located on said frame, a roll'ei-"located between the front ends of the side frame members and extending above the platform, and a second roller located between thep'latform sections v and in front of the ,Wheelsand extending abovesa'id platform sections.

WILLIAM D.-VAN DE- MARK. GEORGE e; RAYMOND. I 

